Purrloin Pokemon GO Counters: The Best Way to Deal with Purrloin
By Cailey Ives
Purrloin Pokemon GO counters are fairy, fighting, and bug Pokemon. Because Purrloin is a Dark Pokemon, fighting moves like Counter, Dynamic Punch, Focus Blast and Close Combat deal high damage. Here is a list of Purrloin's hard counters from best to worst.
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Purrloin Pokemon Go
S TIER
- Lucario (Fighting Type - Counter and Close Combat)
- Toxicroak (Fighting Type - Counter and Dynamic Punch)
- Breloom (Fighting Type - Counter and Dynamic Punch)
- Machamp (Fighting Type - Counter and Dynamic Punch)
- Blaziken (Fighting Type - Counter and Focus Blast)
- Volcarona (Bug Type - Bug Bite and Bug Buzz)
- Gardevoir (Fairy Type - Charm and Dazzling Gleam)
A TIER
- Heracross (Fighting Type - Counter and Close Combat)
- Hariyama (Fighting Type - Counter and Dynamic Punch)
- Pinsir (Bug Type - Bug Bite and X-Scissor)
- Granbull (Fairy Type - Charm and Play Rough)
- Yanmega (Bug Type - Bug Bite and Bug Buzz)
- Scizor (Bug Type - Fury Cutter and X-Scissor)
- Primeape (Fighting Type - Counter and Close Combat)
B TIER
- Ursaring (Fighting Type - Counter and Play Rough)
- Hitmonlee (Low Kick and Close Combat)
- Scyther (Bug Type - Fury Cutter and Bug Buzz)
- Infernape (Fighting Type - Rock Smash and Close Combat)
- Mewtwo (Psychic Type - Psycho Cut and Focus Blast)
- Donphan (Fighting Type - Counter and Play Rough)
Pokemon Go houses over 500+ Pokemon including Genesect, Archen, and Gengar. It is important to note the basic Pokemon Go counters to ensure that you are always entering a winning battle.